FX Markets - 22 Jan 2018
Articles in this issue
Bogucki plans to fight fraud charges in California
Former Barclays FX head returns ‘not guilty’ plea during arraignment at Brooklyn court
HSBC to pay $101 million to settle with DoJ
UK bank enters into deferred prosecution agreement and agrees to pay criminal penalty over Cairn Energy and other FX conduct
Long Blockchain to merge with Stater
The combined company will focus on providing blockchain technology solutions to financial markets
TraderTools taps Abacus for cloud service
The venue gains the global scale and infrastructural expertise to expand ULN
Bundesbank to include renminbi in reserves
Onshore renminbi jumps to strongest level against the dollar for more than two years, following comment from Germany’s central bank
Citi: the bank of 10,000 technologists
The bank's Tel Aviv-based fintech Accelerator programme has seen over 70 start-ups attract more than $300 million in VC money
Mash and Rowles join ED&F Man
Keith Mash and Alex Rowles join the institutional broker’s London office
Spiteri joins 360T
Lisa Spiteri started her new role on January 15, switching from Nex-owned EBS, where she worked for more than 13 years
Goldman’s Gillespie jumps to Japanese crypto firm
Phillip Gillespie has been appointed chief executive of market-maker B2C2 Japan
Shaffer joins StanChart’s FX options team
Eric Shaffer spent 13 years at Citi before making the move
Jackson and Peirce join SEC as commissioners
Robert Jackson and Hester Peirce fill the two remaining seats, bringing the commission to full strength
Hancox and Pena exit Morgan Stanley
Dudley Hancox and Andrew Pena were senior members of the bank’s FX sales team
New role for Broadridge's Carey
Tom Carey will focus on expanding the company’s growth in Emea and Asia-Pacific
Saxo Bank appoints Bunce as chief client officer
Damian Bunce joins after spending almost five years as global head of electronic markets at Sberbank CIB
McKinley joins Goldman Sachs in e-FX sales
Mike McKinley used to work in e-FX sales at HSBC
Vollaro joins BNY Mellon in FX sales
Frank Vollaro spent more than 16 years at HSBC
FCA approves New Change FX for benchmarks
NCFX becomes first benchmark administrator for live FX spot markets under EU regulation 2016/1011
Room for further cable gains, Wells Fargo says
US bank sees GBP/USD trading at $1.37 in three months' time and at $1.41 in 12 months